Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Reexamination Certificate
2003-09-18
2008-08-26
Elamin, A. (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
C713S321000, C713S322000, C713S323000, C713S324000, C345S087000, C345S089000, C345S098000, C345S212000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07418606
ABSTRACT:
A high quality and performance 3D graphics architecture suitable for portable handheld devices is provided. The 3D graphics architecture incorporates a module to classify polygons by size and other characteristics. In general, small and well-behaved triangles can be processed using “lower-precision” units with power efficient circuitry without any quality and performance sacrifice (e.g., realism, resolution, etc.). By classifying the primitives and selecting the more power-efficient processing unit to process the primitive, power consumption can be reduced without quality and performance sacrifice.
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Elamin A.
Nvidia Corporation
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